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# On the day that you buy ... you must also
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Boaz uses this expression to inform his relative of the additional responsibility he will have if he buys the land.
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# from the hand of Naomi
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Here the word "hand" represents Naomi, who owns the field. Alternate translation: "from Naomi" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# you must also take Ruth
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"you must also marry Ruth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Ruth ... the widow of a dead man
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"Ruth ... the widow of Elimelek's son"
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# to raise up the name of the dead
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"that she may have a son to inherit the property and carry on the name of her dead husband"
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